Who will teach nurses?
COOS BAY Experienced nurses have seen it before. In a recession, retired and semi-retired RNs come out of the woodwork to support their families. But once this economic slump ends, nurses including Susan Walker foresee a shortage of medical worker...
 4.6K - Nov. 5, 2009; scored 825.0 State finds child abuse and neglect at school
The state of Oregon has shut down a boarding school for troubled teens in Central Oregon after allegedly finding a pattern of child abuse and neglect of its students, forcing parents around the country to scramble to bring home their children. Our fi...
5.9K - Nov. 5, 2009; scored 1000.0 Airport names director
The Coos County Airport District board has selected a new director to head the North Bend airport. Theresa Cook will begin at the Southwest Oregon Regional Airport in December, bringing with her 14 years of experience in airport management. District ...
1.8K - Oct. 30, 2009; scored 574.0 Real, but do we really need to see it?
If your profession doesn t have a reality show, is what you do really a profession? Chefs, fashion designers, entrepreneurs, models, cab drivers, has-been rock stars, travelers, bachelors, parents, dancers, singers, comedians, comedians, businesspeo...
3.9K - Oct. 22, 2009; scored 676.0 Oregon offers model to boost nursing faculty
PORTLAND A predicted national shortage of nurses in the next decade could be made worse by a shortage of the experienced nurses who train them at community colleges and universities around the country. In response, nursing education leaders from 11...
4.1K - Oct. 22, 2009; scored 927.0 College tuition is up amid recession
With the economy struggling, parents and students dared to hope this year might offer a break from rising college costs. Instead, they got another sharp increase. Average tuition at four-year public colleges in the U.S. climbed 6.5 percent, or $...
6.0K - Oct. 21, 2009; scored 814.0 Renda Gail Handsaker
A chapel funeral service will be held for Gail Handsaker, 63, of Coquille, at noon, Saturday, Oct. 17, at Coos Bay Chapel, 685 Anderson Ave., with family friend Timm Slater presiding. A graveside committal will follow at Norway Cemetery outside of My...
1.9K - Oct. 15, 2009; scored 323.0 Chester B. Dacayana
A memorial Mass will be held for Chester B. Dacayana, 80, of Port Orford, at 10 a.m., Monday, Oct. 19, at St. John s Catholic Church in Port Orford. Chester was born Sept. 30, 1929, in Hollister, Calif., to parents Venancio and Pelagia Dacayana. They...
2.8K - Oct. 13, 2009; scored 574.0 Marlene Tymchuk
Memorial services for Marlene Tymchuk, 77, of Reedsport, will be held Saturday, Oct. 3, at 1 p.m. at the United Presbyterian Church in Reedsport. A viewing will be held Friday, Oct. 2 from 4 to 6 p.m. at Dunes Memorial Chapel. Born Nov. 10, 1931, in ...
2.5K - Sep. 30, 2009; scored 589.0 Cancer claims NCAA chief
INDIANAPOLIS Firing Bob Knight gave Myles Brand the pulpit to critique college athletics. Eventually, it helped him change the NCAA, too. Brand, the first university president to lead college sports largest governing body, died Wednesday at his In...
5.7K - Sep. 17, 2009; scored 850.0 Temporary hires become permanent at college
COOS BAY Two interim administrators at Southwestern Oregon Community College now have permanent full-time jobs. On Monday night, the college announced it has named Linda Kridelbaugh as the vice-president of administrative services. She has served i...
2.7K - Sep. 15, 2009; scored 781.0 Medford vet to get Silver Stars from Vietnam war
MEDFORD As a retired Army major who did two combat tours in South Vietnam, longtime Medford resident Donald Graham has always had high regard for Silver Star recipients. After all, he knew they had put their lives on the line for their fellow soldi...
4.8K - Aug. 26, 2009; scored 829.0 Assessor's office welcomes Jansen
Steve Jansen recently joined the Coos County Assessor s Office as a property appraiser. Among the candidates for the position, Jansen stood out because of his education and strong managerial background, said Assessor Adam Colby. The 1966 Marshfield H...
0.9K - Aug. 24, 2009; scored 450.0 Inmate escapes from McMinnville courthouse
MCMINNVILLE (AP) Police are searching for an inmate who faked a back injury to set up his escape. Andrew James Webb jumped from a wheelchair and fled as he was being pushed down an exterior ramp Thursday following a hearing at the Yamhill County Co...
1.4K - Aug. 22, 2009; scored 683.0 Bend teen survives Mt. Bachelor fall
BEND (AP) A Bend teenager survived a 150-foot fall near the summit of Mount Bachelor. Deschutes County sheriff s Cpl. Wayne Morgan says 18-year-old Thomas William Johnston had been hiking and climbing with a half-dozen friends when he fell Thursday...
0.7K - Aug. 22, 2009; scored 487.0 Assessor s office welcomes Jansen
Steve Jansen recently joined the Coos County Assessor s Office as a property appraiser. Among the candidates for the position, Jansen stood out because of his education and strong managerial background, said Assessor Adam Colby. The 1966 Marshfield H...
0.9K - Aug. 22, 2009; scored 450.0 Sports Briefs: Bryant takes lead at Tradition
SUNRIVER Brad Bryant matched a tournament record with a 10-under 62 in the first round of the Jeld-Wen Tradition at Crosswater Golf Club in central Oregon. Bryant had 11 birdies and one bogey for a three-shot lead Thursday in the fourth of five maj...
2.8K - Aug. 21, 2009; scored 763.0 Delimont completes study at Kansas State
Kansas State University has honored Nicole Delimont for outstanding academic performance during the spring 2009 semester. Delimont of North Bend graduated with a bachelor s degree in human nutrition. She is a recipient of a National Science Foundatio...
0.7K - Aug. 20, 2009; scored 374.0 Snyder, Cardwell
Tommy Cardwell and Sophia Snyder, both of Portland, were married Aug. 15, 2009, in Eugene. Sophia is the daughter of Joe and Jane Snyder of Myrtle Point and a 2000 graduate of Myrtle Point High School. Tommy is the son of Steve and Trudy Cardwell of ...
0.8K - Aug. 15, 2009; scored 487.0 Locals finish degrees at Oregon State
Oregon State University graduated one of its largest classes ever during the school s 140th commencement ceremony this summer in Corvallis. Local students who graduated were: Bandon Jessyca T. Banks, bachelor of science, business administration; Car...
3.9K - Aug. 15, 2009; scored 814.0 | 
